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In 2021, 127 farmers in cities within Randolph County received a total of $526,906 in 144 farm subsidies, a 38.7% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $859,910 in 334 farm subsidies.
Though farm subsidies support agriculture in the U.S., pumping $7 trillion into the economy, they are not without controversy.
The American Action Forum discovered that the most highly subsidized crops - corn, soy, wheat, and rice - are often consumed in highly processed ways, which leads to unhealthy eating habits and obesity, while the fruits and vegetables needed for a healthy diet are rarely subsidized.
"We are consuming more calories, fats, sodium, and sugars, and not enough beneficial nutrients and vitamins," Tara O'Neill Hayes wrote. "It is critical that both policymakers and the American public understand the influence that federal agricultural subsidies have on our food supply and diet and, in turn, our nutrition and health."
Farm subsidies have also been criticized for assisting the highest-earning agricultural businesses, not local farmers on their family farms who are barely getting by.
Kimberly Amadeo of The Balance said farmer subsidies "help high-income corporations, not poor rural farmers. Most of the money goes toward large agribusinesses."
The U.S. has provided farm subsidies since the Great Depression to assist farmers who weather price fluctuations and disasters, to help maintain consistent farming across the country.
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circle D Timber, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Ara Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| MLT Trucking, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| J&J Trucking | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Ridgeline Timber, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| The Nature Conservancy | $48,297 | $50,000 | 3.5% |
| E & J Trucking, LLC | $0 | $38,301 | -- |
| Christopher Daniels - Circle D Enterprises, Inc. | $0 | $25,678 | -- |
| Linger Farms, Inc. | $51,830 | $14,158 | -72.7% |
| Zachary Dale Teter | $0 | $12,340 | -- |
| Jay Wallace | $38,048 | $10,149 | -73.3% |
| Mark Warner | $32,335 | $6,968 | -78.5% |
| Jay Saville | $18,700 | $3,974 | -78.7% |
| Roderick H. Gibson | $20,824 | $3,754 | -82% |
| Harry H. Cupp III | $14,317 | $3,288 | -77% |
| Dean McGee | $16,560 | $3,053 | -81.6% |
| John W. Yokum | $19,113 | $2,907 | -84.8% |
| James Daniel Dean | $0 | $2,673 | -- |
| Canfield Farms, Inc. | $7,158 | $2,481 | -65.3% |
| Randall C. Elza | $12,756 | $2,347 | -81.6% |
| The Charm Farm, LLC | $13,169 | $2,324 | -82.4% |
| Dereck B. Price | $16,513 | $2,237 | -86.5% |
| Portia Dean | $12,337 | $2,056 | -83.3% |
| Gary E. Morgan | $9,625 | $2,030 | -78.9% |
| Loyal D. Canfield | $6,020 | $1,913 | -68.2% |
| Lake Huffman | $7,425 | $1,912 | -74.2% |
| Joni G. Mullennex | $8,624 | $1,856 | -78.5% |
| Waters Grandview Farms, LLC | $0 | $1,851 | -- |
| Hugh D. Thompson | $5,511 | $1,820 | -67% |
| Acie Gimmel | $6,574 | $1,810 | -72.5% |
| Benny L Gimmel | $6,519 | $1,810 | -72.2% |
| Schmidlens Willow Bend Farm | $6,830 | $1,764 | -74.2% |
| Nichole M. Shockey | $6,096 | $1,713 | -71.9% |
| Frank Eugene Williams IV | $5,632 | $1,632 | -71% |
| Justin C. McAtee | $5,060 | $1,630 | -67.8% |
| Carol Fretwell | $1,539 | $1,539 | 0% |
| Matthew T. Thornhill | $5,619 | $1,359 | -75.8% |
| Deborah L. Canfield | $5,931 | $1,308 | -77.9% |
| Beverly A. Rosier | $6,375 | $1,306 | -79.5% |
| Timothy W. Turner | $5,886 | $1,290 | -78.1% |
| DHL, Inc. | $3,685 | $1,265 | -65.7% |
| Linda Marie Teter | $2,915 | $1,254 | -57% |
| Richard Scott Teets | $8,847 | $1,224 | -86.2% |
| David L. Collins | $5,939 | $1,190 | -80% |
| Steven R. Warner | $6,783 | $1,157 | -82.9% |
| Lazy J Farms, LLC | $1,152 | $1,152 | 0% |
| Michael Benjamin Pritt | $2,750 | $1,114 | -59.5% |
| Herman L. Ketterman | $5,399 | $1,063 | -80.3% |
| Rick Sharp | $6,204 | $1,045 | -83.2% |
| John C. Sutton | $3,405 | $979 | -71.2% |
| April Arbogast | $3,750 | $862 | -77% |
| Rick Yokum | $3,399 | $810 | -76.2% |
| Nevin Lynn Day | $6,815 | $760 | -88.8% |
| Paul A. Mullenax | $3,901 | $758 | -80.6% |
| Timothy W. Cunningham | $4,129 | $740 | -82.1% |
| Jerry D. Teter | $11,742 | $734 | -93.7% |
| Thomas McLaughlin | $3,322 | $726 | -78.1% |
| John C. Arbogast | $3,429 | $716 | -79.1% |
| Chad Harman | $3,069 | $712 | -76.8% |
| Jedson R Liggett | $3,801 | $705 | -81.5% |
| Jonathon Elijah Carpenter | $4,141 | $695 | -83.2% |
| Steven L. Cunningham | $3,345 | $692 | -79.3% |
| Tom Warner | $1,980 | $683 | -65.5% |
| Amby Warner | $2,970 | $678 | -77.2% |
| Dolan W. Black | $8,171 | $668 | -91.8% |
| Roy F. Woolwine Jr. | $3,014 | $666 | -77.9% |
| Annetta Meadows M. Varner | $6,121 | $664 | -89.2% |
| Lee Alan Ketterman | $4,533 | $638 | -85.9% |
| Alton Daniels | $2,200 | $638 | -71% |
| Edward Scott Campbell | $5,869 | $630 | -89.3% |
| Jonathan Morris Riggleman | $2,981 | $616 | -79.3% |
| Snyder Farms | $2,795 | $594 | -78.7% |
| Randolph County WV 4-H Foundation | $593 | $593 | 0% |
| John M. Riggleman | $3,363 | $568 | -83.1% |
| Marvin Warner | $4,332 | $543 | -87.5% |
| Richard Wayne Miller | $2,167 | $523 | -75.9% |
| James Bonner | $2,046 | $516 | -74.8% |
| Barbara S. Wetsch | $1,760 | $510 | -71% |
| Kevin W. Daniels | $1,760 | $510 | -71% |
| Andrew Lee Floyd | $2,288 | $508 | -77.8% |
| Michael R. Moran | $1,672 | $484 | -71.1% |
| Ronnie Douglas Armentrout | $0 | $478 | -- |
| Jason Fortney | $2,255 | $466 | -79.3% |
| Charles Thornhill III | $2,747 | $463 | -83.1% |
| Gregory A. Roy | $2,555 | $458 | -82.1% |
| Michael L. Bennett | $2,702 | $450 | -83.3% |
| Jed Mullennex | $6,327 | $448 | -92.9% |
| David Allan Collett | $2,530 | $440 | -82.6% |
| Donald Higgins | $1,991 | $429 | -78.5% |
| Thomas E. Pritt | $1,947 | $422 | -78.3% |
| Charles M. Sponaugle | $3,110 | $415 | -86.7% |
| Theodore Berlin Ogden | $1,408 | $408 | -71% |
| Patrick Adamson | $4,539 | $405 | -91.1% |
| David Senic | $1,661 | $394 | -76.3% |
| Charles Ronald Bedford | $2,211 | $361 | -83.7% |
| Thomas Jefferson Stalnaker | $1,672 | $357 | -78.6% |
| Paul E. Cooper | $9,620 | $356 | -96.3% |
| Dorothy L. Waybright | $1,188 | $346 | -70.9% |
| Victoria Mullennex | $1,667 | $346 | -79.2% |
| Amanda K. Adamson | $2,532 | $343 | -86.5% |
| William C Umbright | $1,474 | $338 | -77.1% |
| Steven Michael Johnson | $2,901 | $329 | -88.7% |
| Ryan Phillip Cooper | $1,540 | $329 | -78.6% |
| Garland Kelley | $1,540 | $327 | -78.8% |
| Frank Junior Ketterman | $4,048 | $322 | -92% |
| William L. Workman | $1,386 | $287 | -79.3% |
| William Mark Harris | $1,276 | $277 | -78.3% |
| Paul Chadwick Smith III | $689 | $276 | -59.9% |
| William Workman III | $1,287 | $276 | -78.6% |
| Douglas A. Copeman | $880 | $255 | -71% |
| John Yoakum | $1,660 | $250 | -84.9% |
| Alvin J. Burky | $1,557 | $232 | -85.1% |
| Joy Day | $1,089 | $228 | -79.1% |
| Stewart Allen | $221 | $221 | 0% |
| Stanley E. Booth | $1,232 | $211 | -82.9% |
| Joe Arbogast | $1,109 | $211 | -81% |
| William L. Swiger | $561 | $207 | -63.1% |
| David L. Moran | $704 | $204 | -71% |
| Richard E. Kisner Jr. | $660 | $195 | -70.5% |
| Bradley Jay Reger | $550 | $172 | -68.7% |
| Virgil S. Moore | $649 | $163 | -74.9% |
| Edward J. Strawder | $1,025 | $151 | -85.3% |
| Elmer Booth | $429 | $118 | -72.5% |
| Clifford Mullenax | $1,014 | $114 | -88.8% |
| Ronald L. Smith | $517 | $114 | -77.9% |
| Jerry Wamsley | $1,582 | $74 | -95.3% |
| Timothy J. Moran | $176 | $51 | -71% |
| Brittany Danielle Moody | $660 | $0 | -100% |
| James D. Dean | $15,135 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Pritt | $3,726 | $0 | -100% |
| Zachary D. Teter | $86,425 | $0 | -100% |
| Lee R. Ray | $2,359 | $0 | -100% |
| Chad Smith | $993 | $0 | -100% |
| Derek N. Chenoweth | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Donna M. Teter | $191 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerri L. Long | $179 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeremy E. Teter | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| James A. Harper | $599 | $0 | -100% |
| James Alan Yokum | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeremy K. Vance | $1,310 | $0 | -100% |
| Justine A. Saville | $1,431 | $0 | -100% |
| Linda Teter | $3,300 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael J. Mullennex | $594 | $0 | -100% |
| Phillip Cooper | $6,884 | $0 | -100% |
| Stephen W. Montoney | $4,158 | $0 | -100% |
| Weylin Wayne Barkley | $1,540 | $0 | -100% |
| Jerry H. Currence | $825 | $0 | -100% |
| Pete Edwin Tacy II | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert D. McGee II | $52 | $0 | -100% |
| Donald Olson | $676 | $0 | -100% |
| Crazy Harry's Greenhouse, LLC | $36,455 | $0 | -100% |
| Jody Carpenter | $1,078 | $0 | -100% |
| Layla Newbrough | $7,455 | $0 | -100% |
| Ruth A. Shahan | $1,320 | $0 | -100% |
| Joe G. Arbogast | $1,139 | $0 | -100% |
| Randall David Swecker | $935 | $0 | -100% |
| Ronnie D. Armentrout | $8,463 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $859,910 | $526,906 | -38.7% |
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